Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bijā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bijǭ.

Noun

*bijā f

bee
Synonyms: *bini, *imbī

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bijā
Genitive	*bijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bijā	*bijōn
Accusative	*bijōn	*bijōn
Genitive	*bijōn	*bijōnō
Dative	*bijōn	bijōm, bijum
Instrumental	*bijōn	bijōm, bijum

Descendants

Old English: bēo, bēom, bīom
- Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
  - English: bee
  - Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
  - Yola: been (plural)
Old Frisian: *bē
- West Frisian: bij
Old Saxon: *bīa
- Middle Low German: bîe, bê, beie
  - Low German: Bie, Bee, bigge
  - Plautdietsch: Bie
Old Dutch: *bīa
- Middle Dutch: bië
  - Dutch: bij
    - Afrikaans: by
  - West Flemish: bie
  - Zealandic: bie, bieë
Old High German: pīa, bīa
- Middle High German: bīe
  - Alemannic German: Bii
  - Central Franconian: Bei
  - German: Beie (obsolete)
  - Luxembourgish: Bei